250 Women At Meeting in Arcadia Trempealeau County
About 250 women from Trempealeau County attended Arcadia’s annual achievement day last Tuesday. Delegations from seven centers Arcadia Blair Centerville Ettrick Osseo Strum and Whitehall joined in ceremonies led by Mrs. Schmidt and Mrs. Oscar Schmidt. Mayor Cliff Gleason welcomed the visitors and Arcadia merchants contributed baskets of flowers.
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Arcadia
Wis
Trempealeau County
Blair
Centerville
Ettrick
Osseo
Strum
Whitehall
Schmidt
Homewaker Council
Arcadianer
Oscar Schmidt
Trempealeau County Homemaker Chorus
Flowers
Cliff Gleason
Arcadia Commercial Club
Mabel Farmer Buys Brown Swiss Bull
Mabel Minnesota report notes Raymond Hierleid De corah bought an eight month-old Brown Swiss bull for Harold Larson near Mabel. The animal is a top addition to local stock and is a grandson of Janes Royal of Vernon. Dam Jessie's Mary Anne records 721 pounds as a two-year-old, tracing to Mabel Weiss.
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Mabel
Minn
Minnesota
Raymond Hierleid
Decorah
Harold Larson
Hill Swiss
Ohio
Janes Royal
Vernon
Unit States
Jessie
Mary Anne
Mabel Weiss
Plan TB Test of Dairy Herds
Monroe county will begin a seventh area retest for tuberculosis in cattle around June 25. All cattle in the county will be tested. the 1941 retest covered 72 913 cattle in 251 herds with a 0.026 percent infection rate. State and federal agriculture departments praise farmers for cooperation aiding efficient tuberculin testing.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Federal Departments of Agriculture
A. D. Begley
Trempealeau County Farm Meeting Sees Heifer Winners
About 200 farm folk attend the Trempealeau County Guernsey Breeders association picnic at the Arnold Brovold farm near Beach's Corners where Dick Vehrenkamp wins the purebred heifer calf prize and Leo Betz takes the $150 award. More than 30 youths registered for calf awards. winners must belong to a 4-H club or FFA chapter and show the calf at the Trempealeau County Fair in 1947 and 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Vehrenkamp
H. and W. Aces
Hegge
Blair
FFA
Trempealeau County
Galesville
Vehrenkamp
Guernsey
Gade
Blair High School
FAA
George Uehleisen
Cochrane
Betz
Speerstra
Tribune
Piroto
Ettrick Township
Farmer
Arnold Brovold
Beachers Corners
Budget Slashes Hit Monroe County Agricultural Agencies
Monroe County and Sparta area agencies funded by federal programs face deep cuts as Congress passes the 1947 budget. The Agricultural Adjustment Administration loses its state office and all field staff, with staff reductions targeted by year end. Fertilizer payment programs end, lowering farmer aid by about 40 percent, while the soil conservation and Farmers Home programs also face reductions and possible mergers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Congress
House of Representatives
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
County Aaa Committee
Alfred Johnson
Cataract
Will Rasmussen
Tomah
August Hering
Vern Wing
Baraboo
AAA
Vera Middleman
Marie Ohring
Johnson
Soil Conservation Service
Howard Hass
Monroe
Hass
E. J. Dupuis
Duane Lund
Jack Sharman
Harold Harloff
Sauk
Jackson
Juneau
Jack Tibbetts
Bryce Abraham
Monroe County Farmers Home Administration Office
Marion Nelson
Tibbetts
Doris Flick
la Crosse County
FHA
May Fat Yields Rise in Houston County Dairy Herds
In Caledonia Minnesota the Houston County Dairy Herd Improvement association No 1 reports May gains with 412 cows on test averaging one pound of butterfat daily. Five top herds include Mathew Palen Virgil Klug Ted DeWitt Rueben Anderson and Hillary Allen. The high cow was Palen's grade Holstein at 77.6 pounds butterfat. Association No 2 with 387 cows averaging 36.9 pounds butterfat per cow in May. Charles Kubitz is fieldman and top herds include Orson Hempstead Laurence Anderson.
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Caledonia
Minn
Houston County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Francis Cunningham
Mathew Palen
Virgil Klug
Ted DeWitt
Rueben Anderson
Houston
Laurence Anderson
Uston
Livestock Auction Figures Cited By Local Farmers
Cletus Schleich and Julius Ernster show cattle listings including 14 registered Brown Swiss at 50 pounds and 17 grade Holsteins at 49.5 pounds with 28 grade Holsteins at 40.8 pounds while George Deters offers Spring Buy Savings Bonds in the same notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cletus Schleich
Caledonia
Julius Ernster
Grove
George Deters
Play Planned By 4 H Club Henpecked Husband
Mormon Coulee 4 H club members and parents braved rain to meet at Wilson school led by Lawrence Clements and Richard Roesler. A June 29 weiner roast and July play titled The Henpecked Husband are planned.
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Mormon Coulee 4
Allen Oelke
Kroeder
Misses Schroeder
Joyce Kish
Marian Kammel
Prairie du Chien
Schroeder
4-H Club Demonstration Series Planned in Sparta Wisconsin
Monroe county 4-H members prepare for a farm tour on U S Highway 16 near Sparta and Tomah. A. D. Begley notes demonstrations by E D Holden on crop prep for exhibit and crop judging. Glen Vergeront leads dairy cattle judging using Brown Swiss cattle. Howard Rasmussen demonstrates sheep fitting and showing. Leo Gasper hosts Guernsey cattle judging. Vermont maple sugar production noted.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
4-H Club
H. G. Lenz
U. S. Highway No. 16
Tomah
A. D. Begley
E. D. Holden
College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
Glen Vergeront
State 4-H Club
Lenz
Howard Rasmussen
Leo Gasper Farm
Guernsey
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Yvonne Olson
Tribune Photo
Isaac Isaacson
Clara Gibson
Lloyd Twesme
George Schmidt
Trempealeau County Homemakers
Hokah
Wallace McMillan
Delbert Lee
Mabel Farmer
U.S
VY Corp
Mencdaw
Melva Thorson
Jacqueline Main
Ina Wood
A. Anderson
Gordon Deering
Cedric Suttie
Elmer Everson
Peter Speerstra, Jr
Louis Lebakken
Tore
Schneider
Schneider Heating & Air Conditioning CO
South Third Street
Lacrosse
Wisconsin
Dairy Project
Swift and Co
la Crosse
P. L. Grange
Howard Ideker
Brownsville
Harold Jetson
Spring Grove
Jerry Jewett
Neshonoc
Milo Einster
Robert Gilster
Tribane
Black River Falls
van Johnson
Pat Kirkweed
Dick Powell
Betty Grable
Dick Haymes
Miss Pilgrim
Laurel & Hardy
Evelyn Keyes
Johnny O'Clock
Vermont
Ouone
State ST
Paris
BIG Gain
West Union
Iowa
Mankato
Waterloo
Delite Tire
Goodyear Service Store
North Sixth Street
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